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How To Wake Up Your Android Phone Just By Pick­ing It Up

Khamosh Pathak

21 Jun 2014

With Google Now, you can talk to your phone. If you’re using a Nexus 5, Moto X or have Google Now Launcher installed, you don’t even have to tap any buttons to start the chat. It’s the small part of the future that we carry inside our pockets. We’re far away from the Minority Report style interactions but there is one more cool thing from the future that you can bring a bit early.

Turning on the screen just by picking up the phone.

Ok, it’s not really fancy, might even sound stupid perhaps. But it is cool. More than that, it is useful.

Activate WakeUp

WakeUp is the app that we’ll be using to accomplish this. Install the app from the Play Store and open it up. Before getting started, you’ll need to do three things.

First, tap on the Enable Device Administrator button and on the next screen, tap on Activate.

Second, go to widgets and place the WakeUp 1×1 widget on any of the homescreens.

Lastly, tap the Start Automatically Monitoring button. This will enable the app to run in background and listen to your hand movements. More about its implications below.

How It Works

You need to pick up your phone from flat position and twist your wrists a bit towards yourself. Or just pick it straight up till about 75 degrees.

You’ll feel a vibration when the phone is in the required position to turn on the screen. Returning the phone to a flat state will turn the screen off again (only as long as the you’re still on the lockscreen).

How It Doesn’t Work

The twisty or picking up straight part is important. Slanting your phone or turning it from one side to another doesn’t work nor does shaking (but turning it over does).

That’s good because the biggest worry I had before testing it out was the app would unnecessarily wake up the screen and eat the battery while it was in my pocket. But in my testing, that hasn’t happened yet.

What It Eats

After you allow the app to automatically monitor, the app will run in the background and sit in the notification drawer doing its thing.

But it will only do so for 30 minutes. If you want to increase (or decrease) this time limit, you need to upgrade to the Pro app ($3). But if you don’t this, it might be a kind of blessing in cheapness.

Because the app runs constantly in the background and it will eat battery. That’s just how it works. In my experience, there hasn’t been a big jump but if that happens, I’ll be the first to update you about it.

So keep the 30 minute limit on. Once that limit passes, you’ll need to use the power key to unlock and then you are good for another 30 mins. This seems like a good compromise between functionality, battery life and money.

Nothing Is Perfect

Nor is this app. You’ll find it light up at the times you don’t want it to. That’s the thing about living in the future when you’re simply not there yet. There will be transitionary issues.

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5 Ways to Wake Up Your Android Phone

Last Updated: December 17, 2017

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Much like there’s not enough money in the world to ever make me switch from a Windows PC to a Mac, when it comes to the Android/iOS debate, when it comes to overall experience I’m Team Android all the way. Having said that, there are definitely a few things I prefer about my iPhone. One of those things is a setting (iOS 10 or later) that lets me wake up the screen simply by raising the phone and looking at it (only works in portrait orientation). This is super handy for quickly checking notifications on the lock screen or other situations where you’re trying to discreetly interact with your phone.

In 2016, Google introduced this feature on its Nexus and Pixel phones, but other Android devices do not include it as part of the core operating system at the moment. So here are the different ways you CAN wake up your phone.

Press the power button.

This is the original method and should work on any Android phone. Of course, the reason that other methods have come along is because this is not always convenient. Sometimes you can’t easily access the power button depending on where it is on the phone, or it’s close to the volume buttons makint it hard to distinguish, and it can require a fair amount of pressure to actually activate it.

Press the home button.

This is a little easier than using the power button because it’s always in the same place on any phone, there are no other buttons near it, and it requires less force to press it. But it can still be difficult to access.

Double tap the screen.

This feature is self-explanatory: simply double-tap anywhere on the screen to wake it up. This gives you a lot of area to use to wake up your phone, although it can still be inaccessible if your phone is face down or in your pocket. But the bigger issue is that this feature is not available on a lot of models, including the Samsung Galaxy S line.

Wave your hand over the proximity sensor.

This is a setting under Accessibility > Dexterity and Interaction and will have different names depending on operating system version and phone model. I have one phone where it’s called Air Wake Up and another where it’s called Easy Screen Turn On. Once it’s enabled, you simply wave your hand over the proximity sensor, which is usually located near the LED charging light. You can click on the setting name to see exactly what gesture you need to use, and your phone may need to be lying on a flat surface for it to work. I’ve tried it on both my phones and find it a bit hit or miss, but it may be more consistent if I used it more.

Use a third-party app.

There are various apps in the Google Play Store that can help. Here are a few examples but don’t consider them recommendations, since I haven’t actually tested them out. Before using them, make sure you read the full notes in the description and check out user reviews.

Do you know of other methods for waking up your Android phone screen you’d like to share? Add a comment below!

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Выбираем приложение для управления android-устройством: smartWake, Smart Screen On/Off и DTSO

Оглавление

Вступление

Современные гаджеты не только обладают хорошей производительностью, но и оснащены большим количеством датчиков и емкими аккумуляторами, предоставляя нам огромный потенциал. А где же мы его используем? Обычно лишь в играх, да и то их качество оставляет желать лучшего.

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Почему бы не направить этот потенциал в более нужное русло, например, для работы программ, упрощающих наше взаимодействие с мобильным устройством? Рассмотрением именно таких приложений мы и займемся.

Как бы вы отнеслись к тому, что ваше устройство может включаться и выключаться, когда это нужно? На первый взгляд магия. Но такие приложения действительно существуют и неплохо работают. На наших тестовых аппаратах оказалось три программы: smartWake, Smart Screen On/Off и DTSO.

В качестве тестового оборудования использовались следующие устройства: смартфоны Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (OC Android 6.0.1, MIUI 8, процессор Snapdragon 650 64 бит, 6 х 1800 МГц, видеосопроцессор Adreno 510, 2 Гбайта ОЗУ) и Jinga Basco M500 3G (OC Android 5.1, процессор MediaTek MT6580, 4 х 1300 МГц, видеосопроцессор Mali-400 MP2, 1 Гбайт ОЗУ), планшет Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (CM 13 на базе OC Android 6.0.1, процессор TI OMAP 4430, 2 x 1200 МГц, видеосопроцессор PowerVR 540, 384 МГц, 1 Гбайт ОЗУ).

smartWake

Знакомство

Хотите упростить свою жизнь? Давайте перестанем использовать клавишу блокировки/разблокировки устройства, заменив ее небольшим и полезным приложением smartWake.

Особенности использования smartWake:

• Просто поднимите устройство для пробуждения (например, в iOS 10);
• Включение экрана только тогда, когда вы смотрите на телефон;
• Управление жестами для включения или выключения дисплея – просто проведите рукой над телефоном;
• Регулировка наклона для пробуждения устройства;
• «Сон в кармане» – отключение экрана при перемещении смартфона в карман;
• Отображение уведомлений на дисплее;
• Нет необходимости в нажатиях для пробуждения экрана.

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Начало работы

Запуск утилит, требующих доступ к системным функциям, осуществляется через центр безопасности и настройки для разработчиков. Собственно, этим мы и займемся при первом включении приложения smartWake. Благо процесс доведен до автоматизма и будет понятен даже новичку.

После настройки утилиты мы попадаем в главное меню с функциями и, в общем-то, теряемся в пространстве…

Да, все опции упорядочены и подробно расписаны, но все приводится на английском, а технический текст (и уж тем более описание тонких функций) на иностранном понятен далеко не всем.

Нравится метод разблокировки последних iPhone? Это программная фишка, поэтому ее можно реализовать на любом устройстве, в том числе и на вашем.

Данная функция называется «Raise to wake» и позволяет не разблокировать устройство вручную вовсе. После взятия гаджета в руки она автоматически разблокирует экран. При этом функция работает очень корректно и включает множество настроек, например, разблокировку устройства при наличии нашего лица в глазке фронтальной камеры.

В smartWake есть и другие методы разблокировок и блокировок экрана, например, «Air Control» – управление смартфоном, проводя над ним рукой, «Tilt Control» – управление гаджетом наклонами, «Sleep in Pocket» и «Sleep on Table» – позволяет устройству «засыпать» в кармане и на столе соответственно.

Каждая из указанных функций содержит определенное количество параметров и дополнительных возможностей. Но, к сожалению, практически все они доступны исключительно в платной версии – smartWake Pro.

Благо хоть пользователь не ограничен по времени использования утилиты и опциям, так что программу можно попробовать в реальном режиме.

Настройки

Отдельных настроек в smartWake нет, поскольку за каждой опцией скрываются свои параметры установок.

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